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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Dewey, John"”.
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A Case Study Exploring Organizational Development and Performance Management in the Operational Infrastructure of a Professional Working Organization, Using Academic Constructs
… utilized the ideologies of curricular theorists John Dewey, John Franklin Bobbitt, and Ralph Tyler to explore how <em>intended,</em> <em>enacted</em>, and <em>assessed</em> curricula phases can integrate into a professional working organization’s comprehensive functionality and materialize into …
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From absolutes to aesthetics : John Dewey and the art of experience /
… sought to capture something of the integrity of John Dewey's larger vision. While recognizing this to be a difficult challenge, I needed to clear some of the debris of an overly narrow reading of Dewey's works by students of education. The tendency of reducing Dewey's larger philosophical vision …
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Speech recognition of foreign accent
This thesis investigates the application of AutoRegressive (AR) modeling techniques on single syllable words to detect foreign accents in spoken American English. The study involves thirty-one native American English speakers, and six native Brazilian speakers. Five different distance measures are …
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Ontological parity and reciprocal constitution in Buchler's system
… comparison I consider the theories of Aristotle, John Dewey, John Herman Randall, and Alfred North Whitehead. The process of philosophic assessment I endorse identifies similarities and differences in outlook as well as ascertains adequacies of formulation, portrayal, and generalization. In …
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Reconstructing the Republic : Dewey's back to Plato movement.
… "From Absolutism to Experimentalism," John Dewey makes a perplexing statement. After an extended discussion of the teachers that directly shaped his view of philosophy, Dewey cites his two philosophical heroes. First, he mentions Hegel and comments on how his "astute critics" have …
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Reconsidering Randy Shilts: examining the reportage of America's AIDS chronicler
… century philosophers Walter Lippmann and John Dewey. Reporter functions demonstrated by Shilts are examined, including those dictated by expectations of either strong journalistic influence over society and media consumers, or those more aligned with democratic practices where education …
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Digital Democracy: A Series of Reflections on Plato, Rousseau and Dewey and the Role that Technology Played in Constraining and Liberating their Imagination
… philosophers of education (Plato, Rousseau and Dewey), we will better understand how real technologies and ideal philosophies are necessarily related. With such knowledge, we may inform our educational reform alternatives with the goal of developing a democratic citizenry through education. In …
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Mystical anxiety: American philosophy between Emerson and pragmatism
A genealogical continuity between Ralph Waldo Emerson and American pragmatism has been one of the most prominent narratives constructed by scholars of American intellectual history in recent decades. This dissertation unsettles this selective interpretation of American thought rooted in the …
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The significance of the work of Colonel Francis Wayland Parker in the progressive educational movement with special reference to his influence on John Dewey
… the background provided by his reforms for Dr. John Dewey's contribution to the elementary school.</p>
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Curriculum Studies the Creative Student: A Winnicottian Literary Analysis
Generalizations are made regarding the importance of creativity because creativity is considered to be the hallmark that sets humans apart from other animals. Creativity is a highly coveted gift that allows people the outlet by which to achieve greater joy, fulfillment, and meaning in their lives. …